Memory Making is Easy with Best Buy

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The reviewer has been compensated in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and/or received the product/service at a reduced price or for free. As a mother, I have found that I take so many more pictures than I ever have before.  I take pictures of school activities, family fun, traveling, holidays, birthdays, and even [...]

Discover New Foods You’ll Love with the Goodies Co. Taster’s Box

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I love to snack throughout the day and sometimes, the snacks I have on hand just get boring!  I’m sure that goes the same for our kids too, but it’s even more challenging, and sometimes impossible, to get our kids to try new foods.  I mean, most of us have preferences with certain foods, especially [...]

Wilton 2013 Easter Prize Pack Giveaway

Wilton Bunny Cupcaking Kit

Easter is just around the corner and Wilton has lots of goodies available for making cakes, cupcakes, cookies and candies.  They have a wide variety of cupcake baking cups, sprinkles, candy molds and cake pans.  Each year, I look forward to seeing what new items Wilton comes up with and I am never disappointed. BUNNY/TULIP/EGG [...]

Hosting an Awesome Egg Hunt This Easter

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Can you believe that Easter is just around the corner?  Hard to believe the festive holiday involving Easter baskets, bunnies, and egg hunts is almost here!  I have had my fair share of both participating in and hosting Easter Egg Hunts – both as a child and now with children of my own.  Here are [...]

St. Patrick’s Day – DIY Taste the Rainbow Gifts in a Jar

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I have not been too much of a crafty person (with the exception of my cakes) up until now.  With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, I wanted to create a craft for the boys and I to do that would be both fun and educational.  The Do-It-Yourself Taste the Rainbow Gifts in a Jar [...]

Velvet Cocoa Cake with Instant Buttercream Recipe #PostValentines

It has been a week since people have celebrated Valentine’s Day, but it seems that the kids and I are still hung over from it. To relieve us from this, I thought of making the cake recipe that my mom used to make for me back in the days. I tried looking for the recipe [...]

Share the Love with Hershey’s Candies This Valentine’s Day + Giveaway

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Can you believe that’s Valentine’s Day is almost here?  Everywhere I go, I see the red and pink hearts, and of course the red and pink packages of candy!  Some of my favorite treats for Valentine’s Day are the Hershey’s chocolates.  As soon as the kids saw the bags of Hershey’s Chocolates, they gasped and [...]

Get Personal This Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and you may be trying to figure out what to get that special someone in your life!  Look no further because you can find awesome deals at Personal Creations.  When giving a gift, there is nothing that says “You’re special” quite like a personalized gift.  Personal Creations has [...]

Wilton Valentine’s Day Giveaway

Wilton Valentine Cupcake Decorating Kit

Can you believe that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner? It’s one of my favorite holidays – with the pinks, reds, hearts, and flowers, not to mention the yummy goodies and Valentines that come along.  I always love it when boxes arrive from Wilton and this one was filled with fun and yummy goodies [...]

Disney’s “Peter Pan” Diamond Edition Available on February 5th + Giveaway

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I remember watching “Peter Pan” as a little girl and wanting him to come to my window.  I was especially interested in how Wendy sewed his shadow to his shoe and how I could fly to Neverland.  I grew up watching and loving the Disney classic, “Peter Pan,” and now my kids can too! ABOUT [...]

“Madly Madagascar” DVD for Valentine’s Day + Giveaway

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Madagascar is one of those animated movies that I could watch over and over again.  On January 29th, 20th Century Fox will be releasing Madly Madagascar on DVD, featuring our favorite Madagascar pals back in an all-new adventure!  Alex’s favorite holiday, Valentine’s Day, bring hilarious surprises and excitement for the entire gang.  Melman plans a [...]

Integrate Your Home Movies Into Your Facebook Timeline via YesVideo!!

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I don’t know about you, but I check my Facebook each and every day – multiple times a day!  It is how I keep in touch with friends and family both near and far.  I love uploading pictures of the family or new status updates throughout the week.  Did you know that as of October [...]

A Big Love for Bigelow Tea #AmericasTea #cbias

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When I was growing up, I remember my mom drinking hot tea every morning on her way to work.  Part of my enjoyment of drinking warm tea is those constant reminders and memories I have of her when I drink it.  Bigelow Tea is one of my favorite brands of tea and I was super [...]

Baking with Unilever for the Holidays + Giveaway

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This holiday season, I used Unilever products a lot more in my holiday baking and cooking endeavors than I had in previous years and the results were great!  Some of my favorite Unilever brands for baking include Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Promise, Brummel & Brown, and Imperial.  I used them to [...]

Our 4th Annual Cookie Exchange + Wilton Holiday Prize Pack Giveaway

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This year marked our 4th Annual Cookie Exchange and it so much fun! This year, I had both family and friends and didn’t really want it to end. We had a variety of cookies brought to the Cookie Exchange and everyone was eager to box up their goodies and take them home to share. We [...]